- Jul 10, 2003
- 27,570
how did we ever survived before joining in the EU.
As far as I remember, in 1973 before we joined the European Community (yes, i'm that old !) we survived with far worse healthcare, housing, education, nutrition, technology etc etc resulting in a life expectancy 10 years less than we currently have. In fact, my memories of it are that it was fairly shit and not the way the Daily Mail remember it at all !
Note : I am not saying all or any of these improvements are down to the EU, just that it is a completely meaningless comparison and to believe that we can 'go back' to some Dad's Army type romantic notion is complete fantasy.